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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers; naturalized in United States;
[syn: granny's bonnets, Aquilegia vulgaris]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Columbine \Col"um*bine\, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, Aquilegia vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; Aquilegia Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America. [1913 Webster] 2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. --Brewer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Aquilegia vulgaris n 1: common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: granny's bonnets, Aquilegia vulgaris]